I purchased a car with a mustang II coil over frontend. The control arms and top of shocks and misc. have been chromed and were in a box. The individual I bought the car from wasn't the original builder and had no clue what make the front end was. The project had been started in 1993. I need to purchase a complete bushing kit and screw in ball joints, but I have been unable to find a pic of my front end parts. I'll attempt to put a pic of the parts, but It'll probably not work. Please go to my e mail address at jaxhome@hvc.rr.com and drop me a line if you think you could identify the front end if I sent you a pic.

It's the lower control arm that confuses me. Plus what else do I need for the shock? I've put in a pic of the coil spring this time. It's 3 1/2 inches across. Does this help? This set up is on a custom built 34 ford frame built in 1993, at least that's the date on the receipt for the chroming job.

Hey Jax, i asked a couple of buddies about your parts, one's been building chassis for about 40 years, the other owns Speed Frame in Farmersville, they both seem to think it's a Fatmans. A couple of things they told me to pass on, if the upper ball joints are threaded, they are Chrysler, if not most likely GM. Both seemed to think it was beefy enough for a 34, max weight on the front should be about 1700 lbs, 200 less than a Mustang 2. For the bushings, a Energy bushing (brand name) should be readily available, if not they will cut to fit. They also said something about YMHW type, screw in and and a black type of bushing but I didn't write it down clearly and I'm old and forgetful. Good luck, I hope this helps some. Dan

It looks to me that any of the four bar urethane bushings will work. If you measure the I.D. of the tubes that can be confirmed. And I sure that the screw in ball joints are the same units that are available from Speedway motors. I don't know who made the parts originally.

Update; Just found two Rod & Custom magazines w/ front end mfgr articles. Dec 1990 issue lists 23 manufacturers; August 1993 lists 9. None of the ones featured in the photos from these manufacturers is remotely like the one in your photo.

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